Alya Madani

Amani Azizalrahman

A pediatric emergency consultant at King Fahad Medical City( KFMC), a simulation educator/ facilitator at Center for Research Education and Simulation Enhanced Training (CRESENT) which is the simulation department at KFMC, Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) instructor, deputy of the Pediatric emergency fellowship program director, a member of Children's Specialized Hospital Postgraduate Training Team, finally, an organizer of the volunteer group in the pediatric residency program. She is also the simulation Pediatric emergency fellowship director since March 2018, I run simulation courses for pediatric residents, Pediatric emergency departments, and director of the PASS Course in CRESENT.

She graduated from the KFMC pediatric residency program then pediatric emergency fellowship I went a to Canada to peruse her education in pediatric emergency at Sickkids, Toronto , 2013, then Simulation fellowship at University of Calgary, Alberta Children Hospital, KIDSIM Pediatric Simulation, 2014.

She presented in several conferences regionally and internationally, focusing in medical simulation, as well as volunteering lecturer at Virtual Medical academy (VMA) which is non-profit organization aiming to spread the knowledge virtually. She is a member at Child Support Committee non-profit organization an organization that helps and support psychological wellbeing of children and their parents.

Amir Johri

Dr. Amir Elahi Johri is a public health physician and has extensive experience in environmental/public health. He has worked for number of international and national organizations around the world. His expertise includes; environmental and occupational health policies and strategies, environmental health in emergencies, environmental health risk assessment, chemicals and food safety, water quality assessments, air quality and health, hazardous and healthcare waste, migrants & refugee's health, etc. Dr. Johri has worked for World Health Organization (WHO) at the national and international level. He was also engaged with International Organization for Migration (IOM) with Syrian refugees in Jordan. Currently he is the advisor at the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Ministry of Health – Oman. Dr. Johri has presented several papers at different national and international forums and was also engaged in teaching and training of public health personnel in environmental and occupational health. During his current assignment, he is actively involved in developing national environmental health & occupational policies, strategies and actions plans, as well as training and teaching of environmental and occupational health disciplines.

Ammar Alani

He is 7 years ER consultant , CCT 2011 , FRCEM ( fellow of Royal College of Emergency Medicine )UK Oxford deanery training as well as MRCS Ed (member of royal college of surgeon of Edinburgh) in 2003, AFS (Diploma of plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery ) France 1999, MBCHB Baghdad university 1990, He was a member also of FICE (focused intensive care Echo) society in UK since 2016,fellowship and membership examiner of the royal college of medicine, UK as well as EBBEM European board of EM examiner science 2012, Training program director of CCT trainee in oxford deanery from 2016-2017 and US lead of my departments in London ealing hospital and Buckinghamshire NHS trust since 2011.

He is working as an Assistant Professor and Consultant at the Emergency Medicine Department at King Saud University Medical city in Riyadh Saudi Arabia. He also work as a Consultant at the Critical Care Department in the same institute. Heavily Involved in the undergraduate and the postgraduate teaching and educational activities. Did his undergraduate medical training at the same institute (King Saud University), then pursued his training in Emergency Medicine residency training at McGill University followed by a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine also at McGill University. In addition to that, He is also the head of the Emergency Medical Services division at King Saud University Medical City. He has special interest in caring for the critically ill patient, Point of Care Ultrasound, EMS and Critical Care Transport.

Badria Alhatali

Dr. Al Hatali an emergency physician graduated from Oman Medical Specialty Board in 2012 after completing her residency in emergency medicine, as well as certified by the Arab Emergency Medicine Board. She finished her Post Doctoral Fellowship in medical toxicology at Emory University and Georgia Poison Center in Atlanta, USA recently and joined the Environmental and Occupational Medicine Department, Poison Control Center at the Ministry of Health in Oman as a medical toxicologist. She also serves as the Middle East and North Africa Association of Medical Toxicology (MENATOX) secretary.

Balachandar Gopalan

Graduated from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal as a medical doctor in 2005 and earned diploma in Orthopaedics in 2009. Completed his diplomate of National Board, India for the degree in Orthopaedics in 2011.

He worked as a senior resident in Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute from 2012-2014 and surgical assistant at American hospital, Dubai from 2014-2017. Completed a fellowship in limb reconstruction from Lecco, Italy in 2016. Simultaneously, I earned my Master of Surgery (Ch.M) in Trauma and Orthopaedics in 2017 from the University of Edinburgh

He is currently working at Al Qassimi Hospital, Sharjah as a specialist orthopaedic surgeon. Plaster casts have been in use for centuries in the treatment of injured limbs. As Orthopaedic residents, application of the splint to immobilize an injured part of the body was a part of everyday activity. The right technique and the right type of plaster for the injury is paramount to the success of treatment. The casting workshop provides him a good opportunity to help those involved in management of injured patients in the emergency to apply plaster slabs in an effective way.

Balamurugan Rathinavelu

Balamurugan Rathinavelu
Consultant Radiologist Mafraq Hospital

United Arab Emirates

He is currently working as a full time Consultant Radiologist since 9th of June 2014 at Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Mafraq Hospital is a JCI accredited Hospital with a Level 1 trauma care. I do 1 in 9 on call with onsite cover for all acute specialties. Lead Radiologist for every day surgical and trauma clinical conference at Mafraq Hospital and once a week Tumour board conference. Introduced and developed MRI Liver, MRI small bowel and CT Colonography imaging services at Mafraq Hospital. He also support and provide non vascular interventional services locally. Previous Post in UK He was working as a consultant Radiologist at Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS , UK between Oct 2006 and May 2014. Chesterfield Royal Hospital is a 640-bedded Secondary care District General Hospital with 24 hours accident and emergency department. He is a General Radiologist with a special interest in Abdominal and Non Vascular Interventional Radiology. Lead Radiologist for colorectal, upper GI cancer MDT and Carcinoma of unknown primary MDT as well as inflammatory bowel disease MDT. He did two sessions of routine interventions, one session of ultrasound, one session of fluoroscopy and four sessions of cross sectional imaging in UK. Successfully completed yearly Consultant Appraisal at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. Completed 360degree multi source feedback appraisal in year 2008 and 2012 at Chesterfield Hospital with an excellent feedback. Achieved clinical excellence award from the local Hospital with 2 points in 2010.

Brent Morgan

Brent Morgan
Professor and Vice Chair in the Department of Emergency Medicine Emory University

United States of America

Dr. Morgan is a Professor and Vice Chair in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Emory University in Atlanta, GA USA. Dr. Morgan obtained his M.D. degree from The Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1991. He completed an Emergency Medicine residency in 1994 at Metro Health Medical Center and a Medical Toxicology fellowship at Carolinas Medical Center in 1996. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology. In 2000, Dr. Morgan founded a combined Medical Toxicology fellowship training program with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Emory University and the Georgia Poison Center in Atlanta, Georgia. He serves as the Director of the Medical Toxicology fellowship and is the Chief of the Medical Toxicology section. Dr. Morgan established and directs the Georgia Occupational and Environmental Toxicology clinic at Grady Memorial Hospital. It is the only clinic in the state Georgia certified by the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics. Dr. Morgan is the Director of the Southeastern United States for Advanced Hazmat Life Support. Through this educational program Dr. Morgan has instructed > 1500 health care providers in the proper care of the hazmat patient.

Fatima Habroosh

Ghamdan Al Sabri

Ghamdan Al Sabri

United Arab Emirates

Had his BDS degree in Jordan University of Science and technology (1999 to 2004) and master in health services management from Al-Yarmouk University in 2006. After graduation from in master of health management, he moved back to his country, Yemen. There he worked for two years in the University of Science and technology as a clinical instructor. In 2008, he moved to Jordan for a master study in maxillofacial surgery. After graduation from Jordan University of Science and Technology in oral and maxillofacial surgery, he moved to Saudi Arabia and worked as a lecturer and clinical instructor in the faculty of dentistry for 4 years. In 2016, he moved to Dubai and working since then as a specialist oral and maxillofacial surgeon in Al Baraha Hospital.

Hafeeza Ibrahim

Hafeeza Ibrahim

Hamad Binhammad

Hamad Binhammad
Medical intern at Ministry of Health

United Arab Emirates

Hassan Farooq

Dedicated and highly resourceful Emergency Consultant with 10 years of successful experience credited with healthcare industry. Highly skilled in all facets of critical care, administration, care plan development, staff development, emergency situation handling and policies compliance. Excellent organizational and time-management skills with the ability to multi-task, set priorities, and deliver quality care within a high-volume patient setting. Demonstrated excellent clinician skills with capability to communicate with a diverse group of individuals, identify needs and assist them in problem solving. Proven ability to build positive relationships with patients, physicians, and other medical professionals. Recentlyawarded with Fellowship in December 2015 with enough experience to work independently and supervise juniors.

Husam Bahaudden,MD,ABIM,FRCPC is a graduate from King AbdulaZiz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He trained in internal medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Echocardiography at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He also did further training in NeuroCritical Care Medicine in a combined program between University of British Columbia and Cambridge Univesrity,UK. Dr.Bahaudden has been practicing since 2017 in King AbdulAziz Medical City-National Guard, Jeddah,Saudi Arabia. Beside his Clinical duties he is the director of the Critical care Residency training Program and the chairperson of the Extra Corporeal Life support Committee in his institution. His are of interest other that Neurocritical care medicine is treating patient with all modalities of extracorporeal life support machines and he is a member of Saudi Critical Chapter of ECLS and has been speaker in ECLS conferences and courses.

The Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at King Abdulaziz University Hospital. He is a Consultant Emergency Physician, and an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine. The Deputy Supervisor of The Clinical Skills & Simulation Center, as well as The Deputy Chairman of the CPR Committee. American board-certified in Emergency Medicine, Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, and Fellow of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine. Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator by the Society of Simulation in Healthcare, USA. Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at The George Washington University where he did his residency & fellowship training. Fellowship in Simulation & Medical Education, and Fellowship in Emergency care operations, health policy and research. He also completed a Master Teacher, Leadership, and Development graduate certificate, as well as Master of Public Health in Management at The George Washington University, USA. Medical degree (MBBS) and Internship from King Abdulaziz University in 2004-5.

Kashif Izhar

Kashif Izhar

Khawla Belhoul

Khawla Belhoul

United Arab Emirates

Laila Hussain MBBS, ArBEM, EBEM,

Laila Hussein is an MBBS graduate from University of Jordan since 2009. She has completed her residency training in Emergency Medicine at Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE. She is currently working as Emergency Medicine Specialist at Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi. Laila has a special interest in emergency medicine ultrasound and completing her Master’s degree in Point of Care Ultrasound at Teesside University, United Kingdom. She is one of the pioneers in point of care ultrasound education in Dubai and a director of Point of Care Emergency Ultrasound course held on regular basis in Dubai and Northern Emirates, UAE. Laila is also the owner and editor of www.UltrasoundEM.com

Muna Aljallaf

Muna Aljallaf has completed her MD from Dubai Medical College in the UAE and is board certified in Emergency Medicine by the Jordanian board and the Arab board of Health Specialization. She is currently working as a specialist in Rashid Hospital emergency department, which is the busiest trauma center attending to the citizens of Dubai as well as the North-Eastern region of the UAE. She is leading the Ultrasound and Happiness teams and coordinating monthly academic meetings in her work place. She has completed an introduction to clinical research program at Harvard Medical School and has a humble experience in the research field.

Quatullah Rustum

Rabeea Altayyar

Rabeea Altayyar

Iraq

Ralph Bou Chebel

Ralph Bou Chebel

Lebanon

Dr Bou Chebl is board certified in Emergency Medicine. He completed his residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit Michigan. He is fellowship trained in Emergency Ultrasound from Baylor College of Medicine. He is currently an assistant professor of Emergency Medicine and the residency program director at the American University of Beirut.

Rasha Buhumaid

Dr Buhumaid is an emergency physician at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and the program director of the emergency medicine residency program. She is the general secretary of the Emirates Society of Emergency Medicine. She completed her residency training in Emergency Medicine at George Washington University, Washington DC and did an Emergency Ultrasound fellowship in Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA. She is active in point of care ultrasound education in the Middle East region and taught in numerous regional and international workshops.

Ruhina Sajid

Ruhina Sajid

United Arab Emirates

Sabrina Berdouk

Sabrina Berdouk is a Consultant Emergency Medicine. She received her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland (RCSI). Prior to that Dr. Berdouk, earned a degree in Nursing from McGill University, Montreal, Canada and a Healthcare Management Degree from the University of Montreal, Canada. She completed her residency training, in Emergency Medicine at the University of Toronto and the University of Montreal in Canada. She was actively involved in the Canadian Residency Matching Service (CaRMS) and had taken an active role in teaching the Medical Students and residents at the University of Toronto. Dr. Berdouk is also an American Heart Association, BLS, ACLS and PALS instructor. She has given numerous international conference talks, is active in Point of Care ultrasound and has a passion for teaching, medical and nursing education

Said Hachimi-Idrissi MD, PhD, FCCM, FAAP, FACEP

Said Hachimi-Idrissi MD, PhD, FCCM, FAAP, FACEP
Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Ghent, Belgium. Professor of Pediatric and Critical Medicine at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel Brussels, Belgium. President of the Belgian Society of Emergency and Disaster Medicine Critical Care Department and Cerebral Resuscitation Research Group, Universiteit Ziekenhuis Gent, Belgium. Belgium

He obtained his Medical Doctor degree with Great Distinction at the University Catholique of Louvain in Brussels, and his Ph.D. degree with dissertation entitled "Experimental and clinical studies on the neurological outcome after cardiopulmonary arrest" at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium in 2002. In addition to special competence in disaster medicine (1994), he obtained board certification in Pediatrics (1994), Emergency Medicine (1995), Neonatal Care Medicine (1997) and Intensive Care Medicine (2005).

Prior to becoming Professor in Pediatric and Critical Care Medicine in 2005 first at the Free University Hospital Brussels, and in 2012 in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care at the University of Ghent, Belgium, Professor Hachimi- Idrissi obtained Fellowship at Safar Centre for Resuscitation Research, at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, and has also been active as European Instructor and Course director of Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Pediatric Life Support. He was also lectured and worked as Assistant Professor at the Free University in Brussels Faculty of Medicine, as well as Director of medico-legal aspects at that institution. He was also Vice President of the Educative Program in the Master for nurses and midwives and the secretary of the Educative Program in the Master for medical Science.

In May 2012 moved professor Hachimi-Idrissi to Ghent, where he is Clinical Chief of the Emergency Medicine at the University Hospital of Ghent, also he is professor of Emergency and Critical Medicine at the University of Ghent. Currently he is the president of the Belgian Society of Emergency and Disaster Medicine as well as the Chairman of the Cerebral Resuscitation Research Group and Executive Member of the Pediatric Section of the Eusem. Professor Hachimi-Idrissi has published clinical studies extensively in peer-reviewed international publications, as well as acted as reviewer for different journals of Emergency Medicine. Professor Hachimi- Idrissi is well established on the international lecture circuit as moderator and speaker in numerous international critical and intensive care meetings over the past two decades. Actively involved in therapeutic mild hypothermia research field after different ischemic insult in animal model as well as in clinical setting.

Sara Kazim MD, FRCPC (EM)

Dr. Sara Kazim obtained her board from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in Emergency Medicine and completed a fellowship in Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology. Dr. Kazim trained at McGill University from 2007-2014. She is noted to enjoy working within a team and has excellent leadership skills. She collaborates well with her teachers and colleague. Of special interest to her is the passion to teach and learn. She organized a highly rated medical simulation course on different critical toxicological scenarios for emergency medicine residents in Montreal, Canada and in Dubai, UAE. Dr. Kazim was trained and worked in different hospitals in Dubai as well as internationally in Montreal, Calgary and New York. She presented at regional and international conferences. She has several publications in the field of emergency medicine and medical toxicology. Dr. Kazim has recently joined Rashid Hospital in Dubai and is happy to be part of emergency medicine family in the UAE. Enhancing emergency care across the UAE and establishing a poison free environment are among her top priorities in the coming years.

Born in 1975 and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, Dr. Kazzi trained in Emergency Medicine at Emory University in Atlanta (2000-03) where he served as a chief resident before completing a subspecialty fellowship in Medical Toxicology at Emory University, Georgia Poison Center and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. He is board certified in both Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology. Dr. Kazzi joined the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) between 2005 and 2008 where he served as a Medical Toxicologist for the Regional Poison Control Center in Birmingham and the Alabama Poison Center. Currently, he is an associate professor at the department of Emergency Medicine at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia as well as the director of the International Toxicology Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at Emory University. He is also the assistant medical director of the Georgia Poison Center and a medical toxicologist at the Radiation Studies Branch of the National Center for Environmental Health at the CDC where he participates in emergency preparedness and response activities in radiation.

As an emergency physician and toxicologist, Dr. Kazzi specializes in the recognition, triage, and management of poisonings and holds a deep interest in the areas of Radiation and International Toxicology. He co-founded and co-chairs the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology Radiation Interest Group since 2009 and chairs the Abstract Review Committee for the North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology. In October 2014, he will start his service as a board member of the American College of Medical Toxicology. Dr. Kazzi has extensively lectured at National and International conferences and developed several curricula and training programs in emergency preparedness and response. He is an active and founding board member of the Middle East North Africa Toxicology Association and currently serves as its treasurer.

Education BS and MD, American University of Beirut Specialty Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology, Emory University